Mets Prospects Syndergaard, Montero Impress At All-Star Futures Game
The opening event for three days of All-Star festivities at Citi Field, the Futures Game certainly had a Mets flavor in their home ballpark.
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The opening event for three days of All-Star festivities at Citi Field, the Futures Game certainly had a Mets flavor in their home ballpark.
Tickets for Monday night's Home Run Derby were available Sunday evening on MLB's website, priced at $205, $263, $267, $300 and $310. Nearly 2,700 resale tickets were listed on StubHub for $112-$2,327.
"That was probably one of the uglier games I've seen in this stadium for sure," Vernon Wells said. "Just anything we did wrong came back to bite us."
Rodriguez, mum on his meeting with MLB, is expected to be with the Double-A team as the Thunder open a three-game series in Reading, Pa., Monday.
A-Rod is 3 for 21 (.143) with three RBIs and six strikeouts during his injury rehabilitation assignment.
The Yankees made two errors that led to five unearned runs and also hit into four double plays.
The best possible outcome for Rodriguez would be a 150-game suspension.
Rodriguez is coming back from hip surgery, played seven games for Tampa and Charleston. His rehab assignment can extend through July 21.
Twins snapped a six-game losing streak, winning for the first time in six meetings with the Yankees this year.
He was linked to Biogenesis in a report in January by Miami New Times. It was not known whether Rodriguez refused to answer MLB's questions.
Derek Jeter will miss the Yankees' weekend series against Minnesota with a strained right quadriceps, and New York cannot rule out a return to the disabled list.
Jim Coates, Robin Ventura, Javier Vazquez and some of the Yankees' biggest All-Star flameouts of all time.
All-Star festivities in New York officially kicked off Friday when the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center opened its doors to FanFest, the world's largest interactive baseball theme park.
Kirk Smalley of Oklahoma gave an impassioned speech to hundreds of schoolchildren at Yankee Stadium on Friday. His son Ty was a bullying victim and committed suicide at the age of 11.
Contending teams shouldn't have to rely on the services of 39-year-old shortstops to win and thrive in the toughest division in the sport.
